"Shado's my sister?" Rose asked quietly as the world around her seemed to have lost all sound. She didn't wait for anyone to answer. "That was my twin sister? I have a twin sister. I-I. I didn't even wonder why we looked so alike but… she's my sister."

"No, she isn't." Her mother, Lily interrupted her befuddled thoughts. "That girl is a murderer. Didn't you just see what that evil thing just did to these men? We were right to get rid of her."

"W-what are you talking about?" Rose demanded. "Why did you get rid of my sister? Why did you give my sister to-to-to people like that?"

"It was the right thing to do," Lily said angrily. "And rightfully so, seeing how she turned out. She is evil, Rose, pure and simple. Evil. She has been since birth."

"T-that's a lie," Rose said timidly. "An impossibility! People aren't born evil! A-and Shado is good... I-I could tell. I could see it in her eyes."

"Dumbledore came to your father and I with news," Lily said confidently. "That the sister of the Girl-Who-Lived had been prophesied to bring about an end to the Magical World."

Rose shook her head and took a couple of steps back. "Shado saved my life. She's not evil. I'm going to find my sister," she said turning away only to find the wand of a black-haired man pointed at her.

"Dad?" Rose asked in surprise.

"I just got here," James Potter said looking passed her to Lily. "How did she find out?" he ordered. He didn't even ask whether they were okay.

"The girl did this," Lily said gesturing the dead Death Eaters. "She's in London somewhere James. And she's not with my sister and her husband. I fear she's killed them. I hate to admit it but she's extraordinarily powerful and she doesn't even seem to have a wand."

"And I'm going to find her and stay with her away from both of you!" Rose hissed out angrily. "Don't you point your wand at me dad! Neither of you care about me. It could have easily been me you threw away."

"No Rose. We had to sweetie," Lily said, desperately trying to placate her daughter even though she knew it wouldn't work. "Look what she did. She killed these people. Dumbledore knew she would become a monster."

"And you're not going anywhere," James added heatedly. "We have to look after you. To keep you safe."

"I-I understand now," Rose said as tears fell from her eyes. "You-you only care about the whole Girl-Who-Lived crap," she said as her eyes darted all over as she looked for an escape route.

"Sorry to interrupt." They all jumped as Shado had returned, standing behind Rose and not looking sorry at all, but she had calmed herself.

They all turned to Shado in shock and fear, most taking startled steps back.

"My bad," Shado said with a mildly amused grin. "I forgot something," she said before grabbing Rose's right hand in her left and they flickered away in a swish of silence.

"No! Rosette!" Lily called out in a frantic panic looking around for her. She turned to her husband. "James. We must find her. Who knows what that sadistic girl might do to her?"

"Yeah, have cake and enjoy their birthday together," Ginny suggested sarcastically under her breath.

"Ginevra!" her mother growled out causing her daughter to wince as she had forgotten her mother was that close, but Ginny did notice a few hidden smiles. Maybe not everyone believed in Dumbledore as strongly as Lily, James and Ginny's mother.

"Let's go see Albus. And fast." James agreed, not noticing the quick exchange between Ginny and her mother.

James Potter quickly took his wife's hand and they apparated away in a pop of air-pressure.

Meanwhile, back in her apartment Shado flopped back onto her couch while Rose stood, looking around in surprise, and feeling uncomfortable. She was unsure how to act now she was with her sister, and by the look of things she was likely moving in with her.

How do you act when you finally meet a twin sister you never knew existed that your parents threw away because some old-fart told them she was born evil? Like anyone was born evil. Even Voldemort was once just an innocent little boy. It was probably Dumbledore's fault he became a dick head; likely frightened Riddle would be better than him.

"Wow, umm… this is a nice place," Rose said with a small smile as she pushed her worries to the back of her mind for a while.

"Thanks," Shado said with a grin. "You're welcome to stay as long as you want. Well, if you don't mind the couch. Or you can share my bed with me. It is ridiculously huge and comfy, and I don't mind… we do have plenty of snuggles to catch up on!" she coxed while laughing as she slung off her boots to give her tootsies some air.

"Thank you," Rose said with a small smile while fidgeting with her fingers. "You don't hate me for… for them choosing to-to-."

"Keep you and not me?" Shado asked with a roll of her eyes. "Of course not. I'm not a petty arsehole. Look, see."

Rose watched in shock as Shado's red hair darkened and lengthened until it was black to her waist. Though it curved and slid back around her head as a red ribbon tied it back curling down like a tail. It was a different style to Rose's hair, but it was still like looking into a mirror now both of them had long black hair.

"Come. Sit," Shado said while grinning as Rose sat next to her. "This is odd looking at you, and now I can see you better in the light. I can't believe I didn't see that before. And I was the one who knew I changed my hair colour. We are freaking identical twins and smoking hot."

"Yeah," Rose said in awe and embarrassment.

Rose was startled as Shado pulled Rose's feet up into her lap, pulling off both of her trainers in quick time where her toes could wiggle freely in her white socks.

"Your trainers are kind of boring," Shado said looking them over curiously as they were dumped on the floor.

Rose smiled sheepishly. "Yeah. It's a Magical World thing. And mum and dad won't let me shop in the Muggle World."

Shado smiled with a shake of her head. "Robe too, girl. And Welcome home, sister," Shado added while Rose grinned as she pulled off her robe to show she wore tight beige trousers and white tee shirt underneath, and stashed her robe on the floor where Shado left their shoes, and they hugged, holding each other tightly. "We'll have plenty of time for some proper shopping; I can't have a boring sister when I can dress you in all the sexy and cute outfits we can find, and you'll look amazing."

Rose laughed as they pulled back from their cuddle with Shado smiling teasingly at her. It made Rose feel much more comfortable and relaxed in her sister's home. No. She wouldn't leave her sister ever again. That meant it was their home. Rose would have to do her part and help keep their home tidy and hopefully get plenty more snuggle time with her sister.

Leaning over to the coffee table Shado found her smart-phone and looked to Rose while holding it. "Are you hungry? I'm hungry? I'll get us take out. Want pizza?" she asked hopefully.

"But I don't have Muggle money," Rose said as she realised, she was broke. "I don't even have any Magical World money. I didn't take anything with me, but I have my bank key for my trust so I can..."

Shado laughed. "Don't be silly… wait? Muggle? Seriously?" Shado asked as it finally registered with her as she had never heard that before as she hadn't actually talked to a magical about non-magical's before.

"Umm… yeah," Rose agreed with a nervous laugh and an impish shrug.

"O-kay, weird," Shado said, shrugging. "Well anyway. What do you want? Don't worry about money. I kind of steal from criminals. In fact, because of me it is stupidly difficult and much too expensive to get anything except a bit of weed, drug-wise in and around London as they don't want to be robbed of their cash."

"Well… I haven't had a pizza in a while," Rose said as she watched her sister, as stopping drug dealers was a noble and good thing. "Umm… what kind of toppings do they do? I'm not too fussy, really. It's been a while since I had pizza, and its already sounding good."

"They do pretty much everything you could want," Shado said, "even everything if you want everything on your pizza?"

"Well, I don't think I would like everything; that would be silly," Rose said laughing a little. "Maybe some peperoni, and I like mushrooms. And some extra cheese. They always seem to be too thin on cheese at Hogwarts."

"So, one large double peperoni pizza with mushrooms and extra cheese?" Shado asked and Rose nodded eagerly. "How about some chicken wings, coke, and then ice cream for dessert?"

"Totally," Rose quickly agreed as her mouth was watering just thinking about the delicious meal.

Shado laughed as she dialled her favourite pizza takeaway and soon had their dinner ordered with an approximate wait of forty-five minutes.

"Just like that," Rose said in awe shaking her head. "It's a shame it's all just a fad though and won't last."

"What's a fad?" Shado asked in surprise as she dropped her phone back onto the table.

"That thing," she said pointing to Shado's phone.

Shado frowned. "Who in the hell would tell you crap like that?" Shado asked while laughing.

"Umm… well Dumbledore's always saying that muggle things are just fads," Rose replied in surprise. "Otherwise wouldn't we use things like that instead of sending letters by owl?"

"Owl?" Shado asked, confused. "As in the nocturnal flying bird-owl?" she asked to clarify while Rose embarrassedly nodded. "You send letter with owls as in, birds, like barn-owls...?" Shado asked still not quite getting it but Rose again embarrassedly nodded as the way Shado asked that, it did sound stupid.

Shado burst out in a fit of giggles while Rose blushed hotter than she ever remembered, embarrassed for her people.

"Computer technology is going to only get better," Shado said with a few chuckles once she calmed down a little. "My phone, right here has enough storage that it would be able to store all your schoolbooks in one place and still have space for loads of movies, TV shows, and music.

"You send your letter by owl," Shado said laughingly. "But I'll use email or text messaging and mine will get to the reciprocate instantly. Why would my phone be a fad? It's far superior to a bird. And aren't owls a protected species anyway?"

Rose looked uncomfortable and confused.

"Why would owls need protecting?" Rose asked.

"Because humans are douche-bags that think they can get away with running creatures into extinction," Shado replied straight to the point.

"Oh, l-like the Thunderbird?" Rose said surprising Shado. "Hagrid… oh, he's the Grounds Keeper and Magical Creatures teacher at Hogwarts. He said that the Thunderbird is endanger of disappearing because of people. There's still a few around in Arizona in America, and MACUSA, which is the American Ministry of Magic will send anyone messing with a Thunderbird to jail.

"Apparently sometime during the rise of Grindelwald. That was the last Dark Lord," Rose said. "Oh, I guess it must have been late twenties, early thirties. Somewhere about then. Well, Grindelwald almost accidentally outed magic to the muggles with one of his power gaining schemes; got put in jail, but he busted out a few months later.

"Anyway. Apparently, Newt Scamander; he was a British author of books on magical creatures; I don't know whether he's still alive or not. Well he used a Thunderbird he was returning to the wilds to make it rain some kind of memory modifying potion and saved the day and magic's secrets from the Muggles."

"Yeah-well owls aren't in that much danger," Shado said. "But there are other creatures that are because humans think they have a right to do what they want. I eat meat and wear leather but that doesn't mean we should kill and eat or wear everything and use its fir for a rug until they're all gone.

"Anyway, enough about that, I have some questions," Shado added. "If you're up for answering them?"

Rose sighed while she nodded. "Okay, go ahead."

"Is your friend Ginny single?" Shado asked shocking Rose.

"Oh," she said embarrassedly. "Umm… well yes. She is really cute and has some cute boobs, but I don't think she's gay."

"A minor technicality," Shado brushed off confidently while smirking while Rose was blushing cutely. "Anyway, that wasn't really what I wanted to know."

"You want to know about mum and dad and… Dumbledore?" Rose asked shyly.

"Yeah, sorry, I know this is hard on you," Shado said. "But I have to ask? I have to find out why they would do that to an innocent child?"

"I doubt I have the answers," Rose said apologetically. "Mum did mention something about a prophesy."

"Yeah. I was listening. That doesn't sound like me," Shado said. "I bet this crazy old guy is leaving out something big and lying."

Rose nodded. "Yeah, I figured that too, as Dumbledore barely gives anyone straight truths," Rose said with a sad sigh. "But anyway. I think I might be able to get the answers to some of our questions from someone," she continued slowly as she thought about something with a cute frown.

"Oh… really?" Shado asked sceptically.

Rose pouted while nodding. "I'm not an idiot, and I can be a little nosy," Rose said coolly while Shado laughed. "I've heard things that well – they don't make much sense because mums nothing like what I've heard she was like back at school, and then for a short while after, and people don't just change overnight, do they?" she asked in concern while Shado could only offer a shrug. "Do you know about the whole Girl-Who-Lived thing?" Rose asked hopefully as she didn't want to have to explain that as she moved her fringe to show a small lightning shaped scar on her forehead.

"Yeah," Shado said while Rose let her hair sit right. "Voldemort tried to kill you as a baby … I was probably there. Anyway, curse backfired and killed him instead. Kind of, because I hear he's back and doing his evil again, and even now there's people who like to tell the story and speculate about the why's and how's you survived a Death Curse."

"Yeah," Rose said with a soft groan and roll of her eyes while Shado smirked a little before Rose continued speaking. "Then, well a couple years ago before he finally came back, Ginny found his diary. It contained his memory. Only I don't think it was just that. I think it was a piece of him. And when I destroyed his diary my scar burst open with so much pain, but it wasn't my pain. I think he did the same to me … maybe accidentally, as he did to the diary – maybe that's why he isn't dead, some kind of anchor. My scars almost gone now and doesn't hurt or anything since that."

"Okay," Shado said. "Then there may be a few more pieces of what… him…?" Shado asked while feeling disgusted at the thought of having anything to do with any part of a piece of shit like Voldemort.

"Maybe his soul," Rose said while looking a little sick.

Shado nodded in thought. "Then we find the pieces and destroy them before we off him," Shado said. "Then maybe we off Dumbledore too, just to make sure we get some peace. But where are we going to get our answers about me, you… them and what all of this is – or could be about?"

"Well," Rose began. "I heard that at school mum was best friends with a Slytherin," she said confusing Shado this time, so she had to explain. "Well at Hogwarts we have four houses. The students are sorted into those houses with a magical sorting hat that talks. There's Ravenclaw House. Ravenclaws are mostly studious students and smarty-pants. Then there is Hufflepuff House. They're supposed to be very loyal and hard-working.

"And then we have my house. Gryffindor. We're supposed to be brave and heroic. But you met Ron, Ginny's idiot brother. He's an arsehole and in Gryffindor so maybe they just take whoever can't go into the other houses or something, but I was kind of raised to want to be in Gryffindor because mum and dad were and they think it's so great to be in the house favoured by Dumbledore where you'll get no privacy, as so many of them will tell Dumbledore anything he wants to know about their friends-."

"Breathe Rose," Shado interrupted with a kind and loving smile as Rose spluttered out without taking a breath.

Rose smiled as she took a few deep breaths before continuing. "Anyway, last:" Rose said while holding in her rant and anger about Gryffindors because that could make her pass out if she forgot to breathe again. "We have Slytherin House. Their traits are cunning and ambition, but if you meet some of the jerks I have, ambitious maybe, but not very cunning. It isn't very cunning to arrange to duel after curfew and then not show, but send a teacher. That's called being a grassing loser who knows they're going to lose, and anyone can pull that trick.

"But they also have a reputation for being dark witches and wizards," Rose said while she watched Shado's non-caring expression. "Well mum hates Slytherins. She thinks they're all evil. But this best friend mum supposedly had was a Slytherin. I heard that mum had made her my… I guess our Godmother. I've never even met her before. But she has two daughters, one in my year in Slytherin and the other the year bellow.

"I've never even spoken with either Daphne or Astoria." Rose looked sad as she said that. "And Slytherin House never seems to take Muggle-born witches or wizards. But I think the Sorting Hat lets us choose our houses, so maybe that's why. If they've been told lies, and then Slytherins hate them because they never get to know them," Rose said thoughtfully while Shado shrugged, slightly confused but following her sisters' explanation well enough.

"Anyway," Rose continued. "Neither Daphne nor Astoria have been the stereotypically evil Slytherins that they're supposed to be and they have to put up with some of the more vocal arsehole Slytherins, so maybe Dumbledore and mum and everyone are just full of crap-?"

"Or maybe this Dumbledore guy has been brainwashing idiots?" Shado suggested suddenly. "He wants everything to be so simple, black and white, good and evil. Slytherins verses Gryffindors with the other two houses ignored in the background as if they can't have a say. But Dumbledore is full of shit and enchantments."

"Ginny said that once last year," Rose said quietly. "We just laughed it off at the time. But-but even then, I just didn't want to believe Dumbledore would do that. He was supposed to be a hero. A great man. He… eventually defeated Grindelwald-."

"Yes, eventually," Shado said. "When it suited him...?"

Rose grimaced as she continued, "if mum and dad can be saved… its worth considering, right. And maybe Astoria and Daphne's mother could shed some light on the matter?"

"Only because I know it is important to you to know the truth," Shado said with a sigh. "But either way I don't think I could forgive them. And if they can't be saved. Then they are our enemies."

Rose looked down at her hands while nodding. "I understand," Rose said bravely. She looked up with teary eyes as she looked at her sister before throwing herself into Shado's surprised arms.

Shado grinned as she cuddled her sister, pulling her onto her lap. "I hope I'm the oldest," Shado said teasingly. "Because I don't want any potential big sister of mine to be a cry-baby."

Rose pulled back from the hug with a watery smile and playfully poked Shado's nose. "Happy tears don't count as being a cry-baby," she reprimanded smilingly. "And I'm happy to have you because I've never felt so...-?"

"Complete?"

"Yeah... complete," Rose readily agreed while happily snuggling on her identical twin sisters lap, and buried her face into the cock of Shado's neck and took in a deep breath of her delightful scent, and feeling each other's bodies pressed tightly together.

"So how will we find this mysterious godmother of ours?" Shado asked thoughtfully as she wanted to change the subject as she was feeling uncomfortable with that subject and her sisters' tears. She loved the cuddling, but she wanted her sister to smile and be happy.

Shado wanted her sister always smiling no matter how implausible that was. Shado would try to make sure her sister was happy. It meant that Shado had a goal in life, something, someone she had that she could look after, love, and always care about.

Rose's face fell slightly as she thought about finding their godmother. "If we could get a smart enough owl, we could send her a letter, and hope Dumbledore isn't stealing mail addressed to them. I already know he's been attacking my owl and stealing her mail. She's a very smart and proud bird."

"What about those bank monsters in Diagon Alley?" Shado said shocking Rose. "Don't goblins like money and stuff, so we pay them to get a message to our godmother. They're pretty cool. Quite frankly they're better company than most wizards I've seen hanging around Diagon Alley."

"Wow, I would have never thought about that," Rose said while nodding her head eagerly. "Gringotts will probably do anything within reason, of course. We can go there tomorrow…-"

"Don't worry about that," Shado said as she absentmindedly stroke her fingers through her sisters hair. "I can deal with that if you write the letter; it will be quicker that way as I can get in and out by myself without being seen."

"Oh, okay," Rose said in surprise before she tensed and pulled back, sitting with her legs kneeling either side of Shado and on firm butt on Shado's lap with wide eyes. "Wait a moment. I almost forgot. I keep finding tracking charms on me. Mum. Dad. And Dumbledore could be here any minute. I'm so… why are you laughing?"

"I'm not a moron," Shado said smugly. "I know quite a bit about magic. I've been to Diagon Alley a few times. I wish I went more. I might have found out about you sooner. I use a polarising field while I teleport, which rips charms and spells apart, just in case a mage tried to find or follow me."

"M-my wand?" Rose said as she pulled out her wand and sighed in relief. "My wands still working."

"I think it likely uses symbology so the magic is engrained within it, powered by you," Shado said as she pulled the wand from Rose and looked the pale cherry wood over. "I've stolen a few of these over the years. They all turn to dust each time I try to use them. I don't know why," Shado said handing Rose her wand back.

"Maybe the wands just can't handle your power?" Rose said as she slid off Shado's lap to sit next to her and placed her wand away, as the buzzer sounded on the intercom.

"That could be…" Shado said and gave her a wink and leaned over sneakily stealing a quick kiss from her sister's lips before hopped up from her seat and grinning as Rose blushed up a storm while offering a grin in return. "Pizzas here," Shado said as answered the video-comm. by the front door. Shado saw the pizza-girl and buzzed her in only to start as the pizza-girl was thrown out of the way as several people wearing robes charged in instead.

"Umm, Rose, I think we have company," Shado said in surprise. "Let's go out for lunch," she added as she casually moved to the other side of the door.

"Oh no, mum and dad," Rose said as she saw them rushing through the apartment building door on the monitor as she hurried over to her sisters' side. "I'm so sorry, Shado. They must have had …" she trailed off as she pulled off the small watch around her wrist. "I'm so stupid. I got this for Christmas. I wondered how that arsehole Ron had been finding me all the time after I ditch him. Mum and dad were helping him with this."

Rose yelled as she threw the watch, smashing it into a wall. "Shado. What will we do? Your…" Rose said before trailing to a pause as she looked at her twin sister, baffled. "What are you doing?" she asked as she watched her sister in curiosity.

Shado touched the wall by the door with the tips of her fingers and thumbs. Markings lit up inside the apartment, brilliantly lighting the room in brilliant red, blue, and yellow symbols. Then Rose watched in awe as everything melted away in red, yellow and blue sparkles of light before the apartment was left empty and dull as everything pulled away into nothingness.

The lounge was now separated from the kitchen and the apartment was much smaller with small normal windows. The front door had disappeared and there was a normal inside door leading to the hallway.

Rose felt a static from wards folding away to nothingness from around the building before Shado turned to her with a megawatt smug grin and offered her hand.

"Let's get out of here," Shado said while fiddling with her phone that appeared in her free hand in lime sparkles of light. "I'll put this apartment up for sale and find somewhere else."

"Whoa," Rose muttered with wide eyes as she took Shado's hand, "my sister is a freaking goddess."

"Maybe in the sack," Shado startled Rose while smirking as she replied. "That was nothing, just me using magic. Magic is everywhere. Magic makes up the world; the universe. I have the natural ability to use magic. Just like you. It's nothing special."

"But…" Rose tried to retort.

Shado only laughed. "We'll grab a bite to eat, and then we can stay at one of my other safehouses, and tomorrow I'll head out and see to the bank monsters," Shado said as her phone disappeared in more lime sparkles.

Rose and Shado heard the front door blast open in the hall moments before they flickered away in perfect silence. The only sign they had ever been there; the small golden watch with the magical tracking shattered on the floor by a dull, boring wall.

Not a trace of Shado's magic or existence was left around the building.

The Order of the Phoenix had asked the Muggles about the occupants' apartment but they were all confused. The apartment was up for sale and had been for a few weeks.

Nobody had been living there.

The Order even tried talking with the pizza delivery girl, but she didn't know anything. She had delivered to someone else in the building and had never delivered to that apartment even though they used her to find it. She didn't remember Shado, even though she had delivered to her multiple times. They would also find that even her bosses, and other staff members had no idea that Shado existed, and any and all records cease to exist.

"Professor Dumbledore?" Lily Potter questioned in awe.

Dumbledore had arrived a little after them and watched as they questioned confused Muggles. Dumbledore wasn't even trying to blend in as a Muggle – wearing deep purple robes with gold and silver stars and moons and a matching pointed hat on his head.

Not that many of them had the time to change as they (some of them) believed that Rose was going to be harmed. The others were impressed with Shado's disappearing act, which was a difficult feat; impressing magical people with magic.

"I do not know how she did this," Dumbledore said calmly as he looked to the muscular man with long red hair and dragon claw earrings as he hated being out-shined and asking other's opinions. "Bill, have you ever come across this before. I cannot detect any magic at all."

Bill shook his head. "Not for as long as I've worked as a curse breaker," Bill answered coolly as a small grin stretched his lips. "To be able to scrub away all traces of herself and Rose, even from the Muggles memories in seconds… that is quite the ingenious trick, and likely an amazing load of pre-prepared runes."

"That 'girl' made Rose leave her watch," Lily said worriedly holding up the broken timepiece. "We won't be able to find her again."

"Don't worry, Lily, we'll get her back, safe where she belongs," Dumbledore said with a reassuring smile while his blue eyes twinkled powerfully over his halfmoon spectacles, captivating her and James and calming them with his benevolence.